Unseal at Hogwarts

The sound of knives and forks hitting the long table attracted the attention of the Slytherins, but Tom was too immersed in his own world to notice.

Malfoy looked at the grunting Tom, curled his lips in disdain, and said nothing.

Seeing that Malfoy did not express his opinion, the other Slytherins continued their own affairs as if nothing had happened.

But Tom was not carried away by his anger. After the meal, he still remembered to take some food back to the dormitory and put it next to Harry's bed.

Seeing Harry wrapped in the quilt and sleeping soundly, Tom's heart softened.

"Forget it, even if my reputation is ruined, it's not a big deal. At least I still have time to learn the lessons I missed." Tom slowly exhaled, "It's also fate that made me come back to help this ill-fated child.

.”

In fact, considering Tom's current grade, calling Harry "kid" is a bit exaggerated.

But Tom and Harry have been together for so long, and they always feel like they are taking care of a younger brother. Calling Harry a child is probably a sign of sympathy for Harry.

Harry, who was still asleep, seemed to smell the aroma of food and smacked his lips unconsciously.

Tom smiled, shook his head, and left again.

Compared with the Hogwarts in Tom's fourth year, the Hogwarts in his first year looks more ancient - this may be because the entire castle was cleaned in order to hold the Triwizard Tournament in his fourth year.

reason.

Tom stopped near the foyer.

Although he didn't know how long he could stay here, he guessed that when he took back the "Time" card, he would be able to return to his own time.

In this case, instead of studying, maybe he should think of ways to prepare Harry for his fight against Voldemort.

Even if Tom thinks that Voldemort is not a big devil, he does not want the magical world that makes him feel magical to fall into Voldemort's rule again.

After all, the relationship between his good friend Harry and Voldemort seems to be incompatible. There is no doubt that Tom is definitely on Harry's side.

Tom turned around and walked straight to the fourth floor of the castle.

If his memory was correct, at the beginning of the first year, Dumbledore once said that if you don't want to die, don't step into the corridor on the fourth floor.

And thanks to the somewhat annoying Natalia Bova, Harry also revealed to him that when the semester was about to end, Harry was in the secret room in the corridor on the fourth floor, stopping the black men from Voldemort's faction.

The Defense Against Magic professor stole the Philosopher's Stone - and Harry also said that Voldemort was possessed by this professor at that time.

So, taking advantage of this moment, he might go to the corridor on the fourth floor to take a look.

Tom lowered his hand and touched the head of Kerubelos who was following him. He felt an inexplicable sense of courage in his heart.

At this time, there were not many students in the castle, and most of them were probably still sleeping.

Tom saw the gloomy sky outside through the corridor window.

Big dark clouds pressed over from the sky. The black lake not far away was like a pool of thick ink. The long tentacles of the giant octopus poked out from the center of the lake, and soon and quietly sank into the water.

Only ripples were left rippling from the center of the lake.

"It's going to rain." Tom murmured and looked away.

But Ruberos tapped Tom's leg with his paw to remind him that it was time to move on.

Not long after, Tom arrived near the restricted area of ​​the fourth floor corridor.

He and Kerubelos poked their heads there, watching as much as possible while wary of others approaching.

"This looks like an ordinary corridor!" Tom muttered.

Indeed, this place is said to be a restricted area, but there are no signs prohibiting entry.

On one wall of the corridor, except for a few unlit lights, no portraits were hung.

There is a closed window on the other wall, and weak light shines through the slightly dirty glass on the window.

Without enough light, the entire corridor seemed extremely dark.

There seemed to be a door at the end of the corridor, but Tom couldn't see it clearly.

He looked around, but no one noticed what he was doing.

So, driven by curiosity, Tom hunched over and tiptoed towards the door.

Close, close.

The light here was so weak that Tom almost walked to the door before he could see the door clearly.

This is an extremely ordinary wooden door with no patterns on it - it is even more inconspicuous than a classroom door.

There doesn't seem to be any danger in this.

Tom cautiously took another step forward.

Nothing happens.

Tom turned back to look at Kerubelos, who was holding back a smile and looking at Tom with his eyes.

Although Tom usually doesn't pay as much attention to behavior as most Slytherins, he pays more or less attention to his own image.

As he is now, with his waist bent and a wary look on his face, he looks really funny.

"Tick-tock-woo~"

Just when Tom was wondering, he vaguely heard some strange noise.

Tom and Kerubelos looked at each other.

"Did you hear anything?" Tom asked quietly.

But one of Rubelos' ears folded back and the other twitched.

"Woo——"

Now they all heard it clearly.

The sound was low and terrifying, like the low-throated roar of some ferocious beast before it pounced on its prey.

Tom was so excited that he couldn't help but hugged Kerubelos' neck.

“Hiss—” Ruberos took a breath of air, “Relax a little, relax a little, I can’t breathe.”

Tom quickly let go of his hands, and his upper and lower teeth chattered: "What... is it?"

But Ruberos pulled Tom away from the door.

"It's the thing inside the door." Rubelos let go of Tom. "It doesn't feel like it has any magic power, but from the sound, it doesn't sound like it's easy to deal with. We'd better be cautious."

Tom nodded quickly and ran away from this dangerous area with lingering fear.

Shortly after he left, a tall figure flashed in.

"Ouch!"

A dull voice came from behind the closed door.

…

In the afternoon, Tom and Harry were doing homework together in the Slytherin common room.

"I thought you wouldn't forget what the homework was." Harry unfolded the parchment and said to Tom, "You have been urging me to finish the homework this week, but now you have forgotten what other homework is left.

Done, it’s so weird.”

Tom chuckled and tried to change the subject.

"I don't know if it's my imagination," Harry opened the reference book and glanced up and down at Tom, "But I haven't seen you for a day, have you grown taller?"